Multiple OS

An Operating System is the basic software that manages a computer. It takes care of how the hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, along with the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run simultaneously. Each and every program that is installed on a PC functions by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what controls a web server together with all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you decide to acquire one of our VPS server plans, you'll be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most popular and most stable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some app with particular requirements with regards to the packages that must be present on the web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing any security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are totally free so they won't increase the price of your new server, but also because they are exceptionally stable and secure. Each of them is backed up by a big community of developers, so you will be able to choose from a large number software packages that you may install on your server if the application that you want to work with has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we want to give you as much adaptability as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given OS, we will change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need another one. We could also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.